The Delta independent., 1887-03-08
STATE NEWS.

A revival is in progress at Wind
| sor.
Greeley is having siege of the mea
| sics.
Sterling has organized Board of
Trade.
A new bank is soon to be started in
Leadville.
Forest fires have been raging in the
vicinity of Boulder.
Green, the Denver murderer, is to be
granted new trial.
The receipts of the Denver mint dur
Ing February were sls1 ,66l.94.
The Denver clearings last week were
nearly double those of Omaha.
A number of street-car drivers have
been held up in Pueblo recently.
A tract of 100 acres of land near
Fruita was recently sold for 5000.
The Tabor Grand Hotel in Leadville
has been sold at auction for $4,000.
The Labor party of Denver has NOM
ihdpcu cahuiuatcs Ioi all the city ohces-
An attempt to pass the bounty bill
over the Governors veto was failure.
The Pueblo Public Sampling Works
have been leased to Mr.. Charles Ruter.
There is said to be regularly or
ganized gang of juvenile crooks in Lead
vile.
There is to be 1000 foot tunnel on
the Rio Grande line between Red Cliff and
Glenwood.
Ed. Hestwood, of Ouray, fell down a
shaft ITO feet deep. Strange to say he was
not killed.
More miles of railroad will be built
in Colorado this year than in any one year
in her history.
A new postofiice in Larimer county
has been named after Colonel Atkins of the
Denver News.
The Union Pacific railroad has es-
tablished library at Como for the benefit
of Its employees.
The spring flood of new settlers has
aHeauy coHiihehceu W pour ihto tie ehsNrH
part OF the State.
The outlook for building and general
improvements in Leadviiie Was never bet
;er than at present
An immense strike of 600 ounce ore
is said to have been made In the J. c. John
son mine at Aspen.
Senator Chilcott has resigned his po-
sition as president pro TEN. of the Senate on
account of his continued Ill health.
A large meeting of Ouray's business
men WAS held last Saturday TO protest
against railway discrimination and extor-
ton.
There are more hot springs with
greater variety Of mineral contents in Col
States.
The date Of the meeting of the Ma
tional Editorial Association, which meets
at Denver this year, has been changed from
June TO September.
The railroads of Colorado are said to
pay % per cent of the taxes and to furnish
employment to 10000 men who support5O,
coo of the population.
AT the April election Greeley will
vote on n proposition for the issuing of
bonds to the amount of $4,000 for the con-
struction of sewerage system.
Meeker, the county seat of the new
county of Lincoln. is said to be very lively.
Some 1000 or 1900 acresof arabic land
have been reclaimed ON the mesa near the
town, and the prospect for railroads is ex-
cellent
1t is estimated that as soon as the
Colorado Midland railway begins the active
utilization of Its immense coal deposits to
the north, that steady employment will be
furnished several hundreds of working
men at fair wages. The resources for labor
in the mountains are indeed growing.
Only about s75 feet of the Hagerman
tunnel remain to be driven, and at the pres
ent rate of speed, which is greater than at
any time since the inception OF the work,
about 800 feet are driven per month. so that
Il is an assured fact that the work will be
completed by June 1. Little, II any, delay
can be encountered from this out The
snow at the tunnel has begun to settle, but
has not started to melt The roads to that
point are still in excellent condition.
There has been bad blood for some
time between the dagos and whites who are
working on the Midland grade near Granite
and the quarrel eliminated in wild riot
last Sunday. The dagos seized German,
cut hole through the ice in the Arkansas
river, thrust him through the hole and held
him In the icy water until his veins were
frozen. This incident infuriated the whites
and they rushed, bowling and shrieking, In
the direction Of the dago saloon. The
inmates, however, were on the watch, and
fed In all directions, the mob emptying their
guns at them as they ran. After setting
fire TO the saloon they made fruitless
search for the daeos, whom they swear shall
be hung. More trouble is feared.
Mr.. H. b. Gillespie, of Aspen, who
has recently been east has returned to this
State and been interviewed by reporter Of
the Aspen Times. He said more peo-
pie will come into Aspen during the pres
ent year than during any two years of her
history. Men with money are coming here
TO invest In coal mines, iron mines and sill
yer mines. They are coming to invest In